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Gaius (about 130~180) was a famous jurist in the early stage of the Roman Empire and the earliest born of the so-called "five great Roman jurists". The name of the ancient Romans consists of three names, with Gaius as its first surname. As a law teacher, he is the first professional jurist in the ... Read More
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The Five Good Emperors, also known as the Five Good Kings, were the five emperors who ruled the Roman Empire from 96 to 180 A.D. They are: Nerva (96-98), Trajan (98-117), Hadrian (117-138, "Yong Di") Antoninus Pius (138-161) and Marcus Aurelius (161-180) Five people have successively made the Roman ... Read More
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Twelve Olympians, the twelve most worshipped gods in ancient Greek religion, are Zeus, the king of gods, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom, Apollo, the god of light, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, the god of love, Hephaestus, the goddess of stove ... Read More
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In Greek mythology, the goddess who issued the oracle in the Dodona region is one of the 3000 Ocean Goddesses. Her name is the feminine form of Zeus. In Homer's epic, Dione is the mother of Aphrodite, the god of love and beauty, and the wife of Zeus. Dorona in Thesplotia was the most worshipped. In ... Read More
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Mimir (M í mir or M í m) is a giant in the Nordic mythology and a wise man in the Nordic mythology. It is famous for its knowledge. Mimir is the master of the M í misbrunnr. He gave Odin the wisdom to use the magic spell, but was beheaded in the Protoss War and then revived by Odin. Some scholars ... Read More
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Otto I (English: Otto I, German: Otto der Gro ß e, Italian: Ottone il Grande; November 23, 912-May 7, 973), also translated into Otto I, King of Germany (936-May 7, 973), the first Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxony Dynasty (February 2, 962-May 7, 973). The son of King Henry I of Germany, whose mother ... Read More
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Spartacus (Greek: Σ π άρτακος; Latin: Spartacus),? - About 69 BC. He was an ancient Roman Thrace gladiator and military strategist who led the Spartacus uprising against the rule of the Roman Republic in 73 BC, together with the Gauls Kress, Enomai and Gannis. The Senate elected Krasu, the great ... Read More
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Aristotle (384~322 BC), an ancient philosopher, an ancient Greek, and one of the great philosophers, scientists and educators in the ancient history of the world, can be called the epitome of Greek philosophy. He was a student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander. In 335 BC, he set up a school in ... Read More
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Socrates (Greek: Σωκράτης; English: Socrates; German: Sokrates (469 BC [1], from 470 BC [2] to 399 BC), is one of the founders of Greek (Athens) philosophy. Socrates had a strong influence on philosophers in later ancient and modern times. Socrates' description of art, literature and popular culture ... Read More
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Dante Alighieri (Italian: Dante Alighieri, 1265-September 14, 1321), an Italian poet in the Middle Ages, the founder of modern Italian, and the pioneer of the European Renaissance, is famous for his epic "Divine Comedy". In Italy, he was called il Sommo Poeta (the supreme poet) and il Poeta (the ... Read More
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